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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills for the Peruvian Labor Market : Addressing Measurement Error through Latent Skills Estimations

Evidence from developed country data suggests that cognitive and non-cognitive skills contribute to improved labor market outcomes. This paper tests this hypothesis in a developing country by using an individual-level data set from Peru that incorp...

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Main Authors: Cunningham, Wendy, Parra Torrado, Mónica, Sarzosa, Miguel
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
SKILLS
COMPUTER LITERACY
HIGH‐SCHOOL
COGNITIVE TESTS
MOTIVATION
PERSONALITY
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
MOTHER TONGUE
WORKING MEMORY
COGNITIVE” SKILLS
SCHOOLING
PSYCHOLOGY
NUMERACY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
BIAS
LITERACY SURVEY
GROUPS
INTELLIGENCE
EDUCATION POLICY
HIGH SCHOOL
LIFE SKILLS
LOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
META‐ANALYSIS
PAPERS
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
APTITUDES
THINKING
ROLES
ADULTS
LITERACY SKILLS
LANGUAGE
PARENTAL EDUCATION
INFORMATION PROCESSING
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
ADULT LIFE
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE TEST
IMAGINATION
MATHEMATICS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
TRAINING
DECISION‐MAKING
TESTS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
RELATIONSHIPS
ABILITY
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
AGING
SECONDARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
NEEDS
LEARNING
SKILL ACQUISITION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
REASONING
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
TEST SCORES
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
TESTING
PROBLEM SOLVING
SCHOOL PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
COGNITION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
BELIEFS
STUDY
STUDIES
ADOLESCENCE
REFERENCE BOOKS
VALUES
SCHOOLS
OLDER AGE GROUPS
PARTICIPATION
AGE
GENDER
CHILDHOOD
MORALITY
ADULT LITERACY
OCCUPATIONS
AGE GROUPS
ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATION LEVEL
EFFORT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
YOUTH
DECISION MAKING
PERSONALITY TRAITS
SELF‐EFFICACY
INFORMATION‐PROCESSING
WORKSHOPS
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
ADOLESCENTS
CURRICULUM
TEACHER
PERCEPTION
UNDERSTANDING
CHILDREN
SELF‐ESTEEM
EDUCATION
VERBAL ABILITY
STATISTICS
RATES OF RETURN
PLAYING
PERFORMANCE
BASIC SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
ACTIVITY
INTERACTIONS
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
SELF‐ ESTEEM
LEADERSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
OLDER ADULTS
WOMEN
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
MEMORY
CLASSROOM
GOALS
SCHOOL
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25855104/cognitive-non-cognitive-skills-peruvian-labor-market-addressing-measurement-error-through-latent-skills-estimations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23725

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25855104/cognitive-non-cognitive-skills-peruvian-labor-market-addressing-measurement-error-through-latent-skills-estimations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23725

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